Ice?

Tang Hao was slightly taken aback. "I only need to take one punch?"

"Of course. I never go back on my word." Wriothesley nodded.

That was what he said, but Wriothesley still reminded himself not to get carried away.

Don't get carried away.

Don't get carried away!!

Last time, he had gotten a little carried away and cracked the other person's Martial Soul.

He had not seen Gu Rong in over three years.

So for this test, he absolutely could not beat him to death!

Control his strength!

Seriously injuring him would be enough!

Tang Hao's lips curled into an amused smile. "In that case, there's no problem."

It seemed his opponent had gone too long without fighting and had become arrogant!

In Tang Hao's eyes, no matter how strong Wriothesley was, how strong could he possibly be?

His Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer!

Heh heh!

If Wriothesley knew what Tang Hao was thinking right now, he would probably want to show him with his fists what it meant that there was always someone stronger.

The Clear Sky Hammer was only truly the Clear Sky Hammer in the hands of that Tang Chen. In anyone else's hands—

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"

With Tang Hao's ninth soul ring beneath his feet as the center, his other eight soul rings circled around it.

The nine soul rings drew closer and closer, until they seemed to merge into a single ring.

This was the Clear Sky Sect's secret technique.

As the most powerful sect on Douluo Continent, the Clear Sky Sect possessed a terrifying number of secret techniques, and their power was naturally the most absurd.

The Great Sumeru Hammer was one of them, a secret technique only Clear Sky Sect clansmen with the Clear Sky Hammer could use after reaching the Title Douluo stage.

It was said that the Great Sumeru Hammer could only unleash its full power after one became a god.

As everyone knew, the higher the threshold for a technique, the greater the boost to one's strength.

Back when Tang Hao had just entered the Title Douluo stage, he had used it to crush Title Douluo of the same rank.

There might have been some cheating involved, but the point was, hadn't he crushed them?

Now Tang Hao was a Super Douluo with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Its power was easy to imagine.

Not to mention that Tang Hao had taken the extreme path—extreme strength, using sheer force to break through all techniques!

As Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, immense dark clouds appeared over Heaven Dou City. Anyone with eyes could tell how powerful Tang Hao was now.

With his Clear Sky Hammer and the boost from the Divine Slaughter's Domain of the City of Slaughter, Tang Hao could fight ten Dugu Bo at once without even falling over.

But to Wriothesley, it was merely a slightly flashier effect.

Tang Hao took a step forward, then shot straight toward the ground. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand smashed down at Wriothesley. As the distance closed, the enormous black clouds covered Wriothesley's head.

"Whew~"

Facing the incoming Clear Sky Hammer, Wriothesley remained calm. His right hand, clad in a Gauntlet, began gathering strength.

Even against Tang Hao, Wriothesley felt that using Gauntlets was unnecessary.

If the Head Nurse had not said that fighting could hurt his hands, he would not even have bothered to wear them.

Dugu Bo, watching from the side, noticed that the ice-blue glass bead hanging at the left side of Wriothesley's back seemed to flash.

The glow lasted only an instant and was faint, but Dugu Bo still caught it. Even so, he remained very confident in Wriothesley's strength.

Then, beneath Dugu Bo's gaze, Wriothesley made his move.

One punch. Just one punch, without any soul skill.

Before those immense, imposing black clouds, he threw a punch.

Wriothesley did not disperse the dark clouds, nor did he dodge. Instead, he met Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer with his fist.

BOOM!!!

A thunderous blast erupted, shaking all of Heaven Dou City upside down.

Tang Hao's face was blank with shock. What he had imagined had not happened. Instead, he was actually "flying"!

Wriothesley's punch struck the Clear Sky Hammer, sending Tang Hao and his hammer flying backward together.

At the same time, ice crystals spread rapidly outward in every direction from where Wriothesley had struck.

Heaven Dou City, which had been under clear skies moments ago, became an endless expanse of snow-white.

CRACK!!!!

The massive, gloomy thunderclouds in the sky were split in two by the chill.

One half was shrouded in white mist, the other churned with dark clouds, like a world of ice and fire.

"Cough, cough, cough~" Tang Hao coughed up a mouthful of bloody foam. His face had turned bluish-green.

The bloody foam he had just spat out immediately froze into icy fragments.

"No Soul Power fluctuations!!"

He repeated it under his breath, unable to calm the shock in his heart. That strike had relied solely on physical strength, yet it had already surpassed the force of ten thousand jin. Imagining that impact, Tang Hao could not help but shudder coldly.

If the Divine Slaughter's Domain had not activated on its own just now, he would have gone to see that dead old ghost of his already.

And Tang Hao knew that the Ice Element from before had not even acted on him. Otherwise, he would not be "flying" now—he would be a Tang Hao-brand ice sculpture.

That was indeed the case. Wriothesley had only used the tiniest bit of Elemental Power, roughly enough to cross a river, and it had only struck the air. If he truly hit someone with full force, even Wriothesley had never considered what would happen.

I almost got carried away.

That was Wriothesley's current thought.

Especially since a wide ring of ice crystals had spread out from the place where they had just clashed. Although the crystals only extended a few hundred meters around Wriothesley, for experts of Tang Hao's level, the aftershock from that one punch was enough to demonstrate Wriothesley's terror.

But Dugu Bo, standing farther away, underwent a drastic change in expression, because that chill had already swept toward him.

Even inside the water bubble, he had nearly frozen stiff.

Luckily, Sigewinne had moved the water bubble farther away earlier. Otherwise, what wrapped around Dugu Bo now would not be a water bubble.

It would have been an ice ball.

Tang Hao, meanwhile, stared at that chill with a dark expression...

Wasn't it just ice? What was the big deal?

Break it!

With that thought, Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer again and smashed it toward the ice crystals.

His Clear Sky Hammer specialized in strength. Although his Soul Power was inferior to Wriothesley's, his physical body was not weak at all!

Yet to his confusion, this time, he actually failed to break through that indestructible layer of ice crystals.

The Clear Sky Hammer struck the ice with sharp clangs, but could not shake it in the slightest.

What the hell was this stuff?

Tang Hao's heart was full of doubt. He stomped forcefully, turning the ground into a mess amid violent tremors, yet he still could not budge the ice crystals at all.

"What is this now?"

Tang Hao's expression was extremely ugly.

Wriothesley stood where he was, faint light glimmering in his eyes and an almost imperceptible smile at the corner of his lips.

Ice formed from Elemental Power was not comparable to any ice on Douluo Continent.

Its hardness was comparable to diamond!

No matter how great the force, it could not be shattered in a short time.

Tang Hao naturally noticed this as well.

"Who exactly are you?"

He demanded harshly, raging flames burning in his eyes. At that moment, Tang Hao resembled an enraged vajra.

"Who I am seems to have nothing to do with today's outcome," Wriothesley said slowly.

"What do you mean?"

Tang Hao frowned tightly. With a slight shift of his mind, a sharp Aura rose from his body and covered the entire sky in an instant.

He was about to counterattack!

"Nothing."